Whitney Tilson: “8% of our population is left in less than five years. The…”

“But you also want to reduce the cost of living. How do you do that? Yeah, the biggest piece of the cost of living crisis in the city that's driving so many people out. 8% of our population is left in less than five years. The single biggest reason is affordability, particularly housing. Second is people don't feel safe. So how do you address housing affordability? It's basic supply and demand. We have 2/3 of new Yorkers are working class New Yorkers and we are not building housing for working class people.” (08:25–08:33)

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